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Five-issue ‘Avengers: Armageddon’ series will launch in June

Chip Zdarsky, Frank Alpizar and Delio Diaz will set up a new era for the Avengers.

Marvel officially announced today that Avengers: Armageddon, a five-issue event series written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Frank Alpizar and Delio Diaz, will launch June 3. The event was first teased last year.

The series draws on storylines and themes Zdarsky has been seeding in his run on Captain America and the current Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon prelude series, and will lead directly into a new era of Avengers launching later this year.

The first issue of Weapons of Armageddon dropped yesterday, and if it’s any indication of what to expect, this should be a fun, character-focused story. Zdarsky has done a nice job setting it up both in that series and in his Captain America run.

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Doom’s influence in the Marvel Universe will continue after ‘One World Under Doom’ ends

‘The Will of Doom’ one-shot by Chip Zdarsky and CAFU in December ‘sets the stage for the next era of the Marvel Universe.’

Things aren’t looking so great for Doctor Doom, based on the latest issue of One World Under Doom and the teases Marvel has released for the post-Doom world. But whatever his fate is in the next couple issues of the big event miniseries by Ryan North and RB Silva, another Canadian writer has dibs on the villain after it ends.

“Between The Will of Doom and Captain America, we’re charting a new course for the Marvel Universe with one simple statement: Doom always has a plan,” said Captain America writer Chip Zdarsky.

The Will of Doom, a cleverly titled one-shot by Zdarsky and CAFU, not only wraps up the last year’s worth of stories, but also sets up Zdarsky’s next storyline in Captain America. It’ll also feature General Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross, who has been Doom’s prisoner these last few months, as shown in the pages of Red Hulk, and of course the Fantastic Four.

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